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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
- the heat our body radiates (atapa) - the light our body radiates (udyota) - our ability to breathe (uchchhvasa) - the way our body moves through space (vihayogati) - the number of inhabitants in our body (pratyekasharira) - our bodily mobility (trasa) - our attractiveness to other beings (subhaga) - the attractiveness of our voice (susvara) - the beauty of our body (shubha) - the grace of our body (shuksma) - the potential to fully develop all features of our body
(paryapti) - the degree of circulation (the exchange of the material ele
ments of our body) (sthira) - the radiation of our personality (adeya) - our potential to achieve fame (and the type of fame) (ya
shakirti) - the status of a tirthankara (i.e. a teacher who teaches from the state of omniscience).
(12) Karma that determines the status we carry in our social envi
ronment (gotra) manifests - our birth in a (family-) environment with high status - our birth in a (family-) environment with low status.
(13) Karma that causes obstruction in life (antaraya), interferes with
our ability - to give recognition and gifts (dana) - to acquire earnings, gains and profit (labh) - to enjoy consumable things (bhoga)
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